Background: The bus stop in Indianapolis where Forrest Tab Grant was shot on April 17 (Google Maps). Inset: Donnie Abney III (Marion County Jail).
An Indiana man was arrested weeks after he and his father were allegedly involved in the shooting of another man after an argument about money.
Donnie Abney III, 22, was accused of murder by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police in connection with the April 17 shooting death of Forrest Tab Grant, 62. According to court records obtained by local Fox affiliate WXIN, Donnie Abney III — known to friends and family as “Little Donnie — was involved in an altercation with Grant along with his father, Donnie Abney Jr. — known to friends and family as “Big Donnie” — that ended with Grant being shot in the back, allegedly by “Little Donnie.”
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According to court documents, police spoke to nine witnesses who pointed the finger at “Little Donnie” as the alleged gunman after they said they saw the two older men arguing at a bus stop. “Little Donnie,” as he also referred to in the court documents, then entered the discussion and joined his father’s side in the argument.
At some point during the verbal altercation, “Little Donnie” allegedly pulled a gun on Grant, but didn’t fire. When Grant turned his back on the father-son duo and walked away, that was when “Little Donnie” allegedly shot Grant in the back.
Both Abney men then ran from the scene. Grant was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to the witnesses in the court documents, another argument between Grant and “Little Donnie” reportedly took place the day before the alleged shooting at a nearby Family Dollar store. “Little Donnie” allegedly held his gun on Grant without firing at that confrontation as well.
The day after the alleged shooting, a family member told police that “Little Donnie” had called her on Facebook Messenger and reportedly said, “Don’t stress out, I didn’t mean to. He was going to pull his gun first. I’m a hot head and I shot him.”
Police said he reportedly told another family member, “Well, you’re not going to see me for a long time. I got in a fight with this guy, he had a gun and I had a gun, he pulled out his gun and I pulled out my gun and shot him. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it.”
Witnesses told police that Grant was carrying a stick during the argument with the Abney men.
In a Facebook post announcing Donnie Abney III’s arrest, police stated that the suspect tried to run when officers tracked him down two weeks following the shooting. He was ultimately taken into custody and booked into the Marion County Jail. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police said the Marion County prosecutor’s office will decide whether or not to formally charge Donnie Abney Jr. for murder.
